Cory DoctorowOct 26, 2023

If you own an Alexa, you might enjoy its integration with #IFTTT, an easy scripting environment that lets you create your own little voice-controlled apps, like "start my Roomba" or "close the garage door." If so, tough shit, Amazon just nuked IFTTT for Alexa:

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/25/23931463/ifttt-amazon-alexa-applets-ending-support-integration-automation

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/26/hit-with-a-brick/#graceful-failure

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Your Amazon Alexa IFTTT automations are about to stop working

Alexa-triggered IFTTT applets will no longer work after this month as Amazon cuts off the powerful automation app from its smart home assistant.

The Verge
Bill MurphyOct 27, 2023
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@pluralistic To paraphrase the sage advice we have gotten consistently from @markhurst on his @WFMU radio show #Techtonic:

Immediately unplug any and all Alexa surveillance devices in your home, and take them directly to your local e-waste recycling facility. Do not throw them in the ocean, satisfying as that might be, because it would be bad for the ocean.

Oct 26, 2023 at 8:06pmWeb